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Alosa kessleri (Grimm, 1887)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Grimm, O. von. 1887. Astrakhan herring. Sel'skoe khozyaistvo i lesovodstvo 1887(2): 1-43 in separate.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Clupeiformes
family
Clupeidae
genus
Alosa
species
Alosa kessleri

Name

Synonyms
Alosa kessleri kessleri
Alosa pontica kessleri (Grimm, 1887)
Caspialosa caspia kessleri (Grimm, 1887)
Caspialosa kessleri (Grimm, 1887)
Caspialosa kessleri bergi Tanassiychuk, 1940
Caspialosa kessleri kessleri
Caspialosa volgensis bergi Tanassiychuk, 1940
Caspialosa volgensis imitans Berg, 1948
Clupea kessleri Grimm, 1887
Clupeonella kessleri (Grimm, 1887)
Homonyms
Alosa kessleri (Grimm, 1887)
Common names
Black-Backed Shad in English
Black-spined herring in English
Blackback in English
Blackback in English
Blacknose in English
Blackspine herring in English
Caspian anadromous shad in English
Caspian anadromous shad in English
Caspian anadromous shad in English
Kaspischer Schwarzrücken in German
Kesslers stamsild in Danish
Qarabel siyənək in Azerbaijani
mustaselkäsilli in Finnish
placka Kesslerova in Czech
Волжская сельдь in Russian
Каспийская проходная сельдь in Russian
Сельдь Кесслера in Russian
Черноспинка in Russian
شگ­ماهی مهاجر in language.
Caspian Anadromous Shad in English
Black-Backed Shad in English
Qarabel siyənək in Azerbaijani
Сельдь Кесслера in Russian
شگ­ماهی مهاجر in Persian

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  5. Whitehead, Peter J. P., 1985: Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Herrings, Sardines, Pilchards, Sprats, Shads, Anchovies and Wolf-herrings: Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 7, pt. 1. x + 303.
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